In 2017 Sherwood Forest slaying, man pleads guilty and son-in-law indicted in relative's death
A 53-year-old Hammond man was indicted on a second-degree murder charge Wednesday in the Dec. 3 shooting death of a relative in Sherwood Forest. Taher Toom's son-in-law, Feras Darsaad, 29, was indicted Wednesday on a second-degree murder count in the killing of Zakaria Toom, 50, his uncle. East Baton Rouge Parish Assistant District Attorney Dana Cummings said Toom's 20-year sentence is contingent on him testifying truthfully in Darsaad's case. Zakaria Toom was slain at Darsaad's home on Parnell Drive in Sherwood Forest. A factual basis read into the court record this week laid out the follow...